Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase: a two-layered, square-shaped molecule of symmetry 422.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 196 ·No. 4287 ·1977-04-15 ·Pages 293-5

Baker TS, Eisenberg D, Eiserling F

Abstract

Electron micrographs and x-ray diffraction patterns of crystals of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, probably the most abundant protein on earth, have provided new details of the arrangement of subunits. The eight large subunits and eight small subunits are clustered in two layers, perpendicular to a fourfold axis of symmetry. Viewed down the fourfold axis, the molecule is square-shaped.

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Baker T S

Eisenberg D

Eiserling F

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Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.196.4287.293

Published

1977-04-15

Pages

293-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

PMCID

PMC4167664

Grants

NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM016925 · United States

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